@szescstopni
What kind of deer is that? Looks very different to me from the whitetails I'm used to.
@CedarTea Roe deer, quite small, lives in Europe and Western Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_deer
@szescstopni
I haven't been over that way to see any yet. Very cool, thank you!
@CedarTea Europe has much better things than roe deer. Like universal healthcare :) Not all of it, but all EU countries do.
@CedarTea Oh, wait, you're from Canada, so you know this too :)
@szescstopni
Not for long if our politicians have their way with it. We probably won't lose our deer though!
@CedarTea You might lose your deer if your politicians find out that's the best way to get farmers' votes.
@szescstopni
Probably not the whitetails. They'll live pretty much anywhere. Incredibly adaptive critters. Can't be said of the moose or caribou though... they're not doing so well.
@CedarTea Right, I get some info on Caribou in Canada. Sad.
@szescstopni
Yeah, it's a big place and there are a lot of different herds which are in various states of endangerment. But overall they're getting hit hard.
@CedarTea I saw what ticks do to moose and deer now that it's warmer. We fucked up this place.
@szescstopni
Yes the ticks have been bad, as has the logging. Plus parasitic brainworm and chronic wasting disease. We're pretty terrible neighbours honestly.
My wife took a look at another image from the series and asked if this blob in the lower left corner could be a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). She thought she heard one earlier today. It would be great if we had them here, they're losing their habitats quickly.
#Polesia #wetlands